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When referring to sexual attraction, everything starts from
the mind! As new research confirms, everything ends there! U.S. researchers
announced that they had solved one piece of the mystery of what happens in the
brain during sex by monitoring the activity of the female brain during an
orgasm.

The research group from Rutgers University in New Jersey,
using imaging machines, studied the brains of women during orgasm and found
that different brain regions were activated depending on which body part was
the source of sexual excitement.

Specifically, the scientists identified thirty different
parts of the brain that were activated, including the centers responsible for
emotion, touch, joy, satisfaction and memory.

“Knowing the sequence of events from stimulation to orgasm
allows us to see what parts of the brain become activated and in what order. If
we can compare this to the brain activity in anorgasmic women, we can see at
what point their orgasm gets blocked and work out whether it’s possible to get
around that block,” said Barry Komisaruk of the Rutgers University.

Two minutes before orgasm the brain centers associated with
reward were activated (they also are triggered when we eat and drink). Shortly
before orgasm, other brain regions were activated, such as the cortex that
receives sensory messages of touch from all over the body.

The last brain area to be activated was the hypothalamus,
the control center that regulates temperature, hunger, thirst and fatigue.

The researchers also found that sexual excitement numbs the
female nervous system blocking the sensation of pain and leaving only that of
pleasure. The research team from the Rutgers University will now attempt to map
the male brain at the time of orgasm.

Moreover, the previous studies have already identified a
chemical difference between men and women which causes the differences in
attitude towards sex.

Researchers of the Spire Liverpool Hospital found that
during sex women produce higher levels of oxytocin, the hormone that binds
women emotionally to their partners. It is worth noting that this hormone is
produced in the same quantities, whether it is a one night stand or a serious
relationship.

In men, instead, the orgasm stimulates the nervous system to
produce more dopamine, the pleasure hormone, and this surge can sometimes even
be addictive.

Is this why women are more likely to fall in love after
having sex? What do you think?